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The maple fruit is also two-seeded, and somewhat 



HORNBEAM SAMARA. 



HORNBEAM SAMARAS RIPE. 



resembles the sycamore (which is a maple), except 



that the two samaras are 



joined at a different angle. 



The fruit quickly divides, and 



each seed has then a fair 



chance of germinating. 



The hornbeam samara is 

 like a three-pointed leaf, the 

 sharp-angled nutlet being at- 

 tached to it at the lower end. 

 Each bract in the cluster 

 seems to prepare for its flight 

 by breaking off from the stem, 

 and then hanging by a hair- 

 like thread, so that a passing 

 breeze may easily detach it. 



The araucaria, when well ARAUCARIA SEED. 



established and growing vigorously, will sometimes 



